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Another week, another issue at Qantas - but at least this time the beleaguered carrier has someone else it can point the finger at after its check-in system crashed.... Read More

Hands up if you've never fallen victim to a scam while on holiday... Read More

Just for fun. Very amusing skit from Scott Stratten, president of UnMarketing, laying into the idea of QR codes and how impractical they can be.... Read More

Is flight metasearch about to get more personal?... Read More

Booking.com is back to being 2.25% market share behind market leader after a strong push by TripAdvisor in the leading travel websites in Canada.... Read More

Foursquare is poised to announce a deal with several online publishers today in which consumers would get alerted about previously viewed travel content when they are nearby the particular destination.... Read More

What will define the future travel leaders from the fly-by-nights? I believe a key indicator is to identify the tech-focused innovators that actually know the global travel ecosystem well enough to capture a meaningful portion of it.... Read More

In recent years the strategy around asset management in the hospitality sector sector has shifted dramatically. Here is why the focus fundamentally changed.... Read More

EasyVoyage has seen its lead over rival Voyages-SNCF in the list of leading travel websites in France reduced to just over 7% market share.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based Backpackmojo, a social platform to create, share and print professional-looking personal travel guides.... Read More

Leveraging features from GetThere Mobile and Sabre Virtually There, Sabre is integrating corporate travel management and leisure-travel booking functions into its TripCase mobile and Web platforms.... Read More

Expedia is less than 1.5% market share ahead of Yahoo Travel after the search engine's travel section saw a significant leap in traffic last week.... Read More

Talk about adventure travel ... Yves Rossy, a.k.a Jetman, apparently fed up with airline bag fees and costly in-flight entertainment systems, reportedly flew over the Swiss Alps using a jet-propelled wing.... Read More

Recruiting, motivating and retaining good people is the number one key success factor in building a technology company, particularly in the online travel industry.... Read More

AMR Corporation, parent of American Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, a move it says will allow the airline to reorganise its debt structure.... Read More